Passenger-vehicle.



A. F. PAUL & A-. J. TANNER.

PASSENGER VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I9, 1913.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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PASSENGER VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. i913.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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ABRAM FRANK PAUL, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ARNOLD J. TANNER,

OF NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO PREPAYMENT CAR SALES COM- IPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF "W EST VIRGINIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed September 19, 1913. Serial No. 790,700.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that we, ABRAM FRANK Pam; and ARNoLD JAMES TANNER, both citizens of the United States, and residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, and North Haven, county of'Ne-w Haven, State of Connecticut, respectively, have invented new and useful Improvements in Passenger-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. 7 .-Our present invention relates to tramcars, omnibuses and other public passenger conveyances, and the improvements are particularly useful for such services in connection with which a prepayment system of fare collection is employed.

One object of the invention is to provide means whereby a vehicle can be constructed or a vehicle in use re-constructed or readily modified so that the means employed with a V prepayment faresystem can be applied to vehicles having an upper deck or saloonand a stairway on the platform communicating with theupper deck. 7

Aconstruction has been heretofore proposed and patented having an arrangement of the platform including a barrier or guide rail fixed thereon, by means of which guide the platform from the interior" of the car,.

and an entrance and exit communicating respectively with the entrance and exit sections of the platform are provided in said bulkhead.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a Side elevation of the end of form; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same construction; Fig. 3 is a PlaIIVlBW of a modification and illustrates the lower deckof a tramcar or omnibus, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same construction illustrating the upper deck of the vehicle.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the end bulkhead 1 on either or both ends of the vehicle is of the usual shape, being straight across the width of the vehicle, and is provided with a centrally located doorway 2 having a door 3 therefor, which door slides in the pocket 4 at one side of the bulkhead. A guide rail 5' mounted on the platform extends from'a point at or near the step 6 at the side of the platform to a point sufficiently at a distance away from the doorway in the bulkhead to allow ample room for a clear passageway 7 between the stanchion 8 and the door 3 when the latter is closed. The purpose of the guide rail is to define a conductors station and separate entrance and exit passageways or spaces on direct line with the passage 7, thereby descending passengers are given a straight path to the exit side of the step 6. The stairway 10 is arranged in a reverse direction to the usual style. of stairway, z. 6., the lower step is up against the bulkhead and the upper step or landing 11 is at the'end of the vehicle. By this arrangement of the stairway additional space is gained on the platform, and consequently a greater number of passengers can be accommodated in the en- Ytrance space on the platform, thereby facilitating a successful carrylng out of a prepayment system of fare collection. As stated, the lower step of the stairway 10 is in direct line with the exit side of the step 6, therefore outgoing passengers from the top deck conveniently mingle with the .outgoing passengers from the interior of the car, but at no time will the outgoing passengers mingle with theincoming passengers and thus obstruct the entrance passageway. This is an stairway is situated inside or beyond what is termed the pay-point, represented by the dotted circle D, for by this arrangement the conductor can readily stop the incoming passengers and prevent them from obstructing the passage of the outgoing passengers, 7

and also, as all fares are collected at this point, there is no chance for passengers to ascend the stairs unobserved by the conductor no matter how crowded the platform may be. i

It has been found in practice that it is often desirable to let the passengersfrom the top deck leave the car by the front platform, particularly at termini of a tramway or omnibus route where a great number of passengers are usually taken on or unloaded. For this purpose an emergency or auxiliary exit and step 12 is provided on the far side or side of the platform where the stairway 11, so that] passengers leaving the car by means of this exit must pass under this landing. The step 12 may be raised or lowered in the usual manner and gate 13 is employed to close the exit, which gate is made intwo sections which swinginwardly on pivots, and by means of power transmission devices the gate may be opened and closed from a distant point. The gate operating mechanism consists of cranks 14, connecting rods 15, and links 16, which mechanism is operated by the attendant by means of the handle 17 located at the end of the car.

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4, this construction is more suitable for an omnibus but may be also used fora tramcar if desired. In this instance the bulkhead 2 having the central opening 3, extends inwardly toward the interior of'the car, and the stairway 10 is close up against the bulkhead, the

lower step thereof being adjacent to the central opening, and the upper step is at the end of the vehicle as previously described.

In this modification the entrance and exit to the exit step 6, which is separate and away from the entrance step 6 having an intervening section of a rail 5 supported between the two stanchions 9. In this modlfication if desired an emergency exit 12 may 7 also be provided, and as illustrated instead of the gate an ordinary chain or barrier 12 may be employed. V v p The construction andlocation of the stairway as hereinbefore described permits a better arrangement of the seats 21 on the upper deck of the vehicle, and a greater number of passengers can be accommodated. Also more room is allowed in the passage 22 for the outgoing and incoming passengers to pass one another. I: 7

It will be understood that the inwardly extending concave or angular bulkhead as above described; is of-particular advantage where it is not permissible to extend the platform beyond a" limited length, but in such instances where the platform can be extended outwardly an ordinary straight bulkhead across the width ofthe car may be employed. 7

We claim V 1. A double deck passenger vehicle having an end platform and a stairway thereonthe lowest step of the stairway being adjacent to the end bulkhead of the vehicle which stairwayv is located wholly on one side of the i car and rises toward the end ofithe car and is situated, the'exit being under the landing a lowest step of the stairway (being adjacent to the end bulkhead ofrthei vehicle which stairway rises toward the end of the car,

an exit at the side of the car under the top 1a1'1dingof said'stairway, a gate'or barrier for open ng and closing the exit and mechanism consisting of a handle, links, and levers for operating the gate from a distant polnt, substantially as described,

. 3. A passenger vehicle having a body por tion and an end platform with an intervening bulkhead, a rail or barrier on the platform divid ng th'e'sa'me into entrance and exit spaces communicating with entrance and 7 exit steps on one side of the platform, a

stairway located on the other side of the platform within the entrance space withthe base of the stairway opposite the exitstep, a passage defined from the loweststep of the stairway to the said exit step, the stairway rising away from the said'bulkhead, and an exit onthe same side of the car with the stairway and located beneath the top landing of the stairway, substantially as described.

4. A passenger vehicle having a platform divided into separate entrance andfexit spaces by means of a barrier which establlshes a conductors position and a paypoint forpassengers, and a stairway on the names to this specification in the presence platform located within the entrance space of two subscribing witnesses. and having its lower step opposite the exit space only and beyond the pay-point and opposite a defined passageway leading to the exit step aforesaid, substantially as de- W1tnesses: I scribed. H. D. JAMESON,

In witness whereof we have signed our TRACY LAY.

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